Former Vancouver mayor and onetime Canadian senator Larry Campbell has been named as the new Downtown Eastside czar, Global News has learned.

Campbell has reportedly inked a six-month contract with the NDP government and he will be reporting directly to Premier David Eby and Housing Minister Christine Boyle.

Campbell is a former police officer and chief coroner and also oversaw Vancouver’s first supervised injection site, Insite.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that the B.C. government had hired a former Ontario cabinet minister and CEO of Legal Aid B.C. on a lucrative contract to advise the premier on the future of the Downtown Eastside. Eby’s office confirmed Michael Bryant was appointed to the consultancy in February on a six-month contract worth $150,000.

However, following b

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